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Nota. Species P. calvo Koern. proxinia. Sed nostra species foliis juventute ciliatis, bre- 

 vioribus et angustioribus a P. calvo distincta est. In capitulis examinatis flores $ longe plurimi 

 erant. 



53. P. Catharinae Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis perbrevis, hypogaeus breviter elongatus, 

 crassiusculus, subhorizontalis, foliis denudatus. Folia in apice ejus arrecto-caespitosa, 

 membranacea, non rigidula, lanceolato-linearia vel fei'e lanceolata, plana, juventute pilis 

 sparsissimis, longiusculis ciliata, cito glaberrima, cuspidato-acuminata, usque 1 1 cm (ple- 

 rumque 8 — 9 cm) longa, medio 6 — 81 mm lata. Pedunculi folia 3- vel 4-plo supe- 

 rantes, torti, per complures (9 — 11) aggregati, 6costati, glaberrimi, usque 35 cm longi; 

 vaginae quam folia aliquanto breviores, laxiusculae, striatae, glaberrimae, transverse 

 truncatae, lamina interdum breviter cuspidata, ore tenui-membranacea, glabra, sub- 

 hyalinula instructae; capitula globosa, ubique sordide albido-villosa, 7 mm lata; bracteae 

 involucrantes ovatae, acutae, rigidulae, naviculari-concavae, pallide brunneolae, ciliatae; 

 receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes oblongae, basi vix angustatae, acutius- 

 culae; flos (j 1 : sepala 3, basi vix connata, late ovata, obtusa, brunnea, dorso summo 

 comato-pilosa ; flos Q: sepala 3, illis floris rj* similia, concava; petala 3, ovata, acutius- 

 cula, ciliata, hyalina, sepalis aequilonga; pili perigoniorum fere hyalini, globoso-obtusi, 

 extus valde tuberculati, intus maeandrice granulati; germen tricoccum, ovatum: Stylus 

 brevis; Stigmata 3, simplicia,(anne potius apice bifida et decidua?); appendices illis bre- 

 viores, papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Santa Catharina: im Sumpfe am Rande der Serra da Oratoria 

 (E. Ule n. 1621 — blühend im Januar 1890). 



Nota. Species praeter vaginas et folia etiam pilis insignis. Bracteae involucrantes serius 

 floribus reflexis occultae. 



54. P. ciliolatus Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis parum elongatus, foliis demortuis, longi- 

 tudinaliter destructis radicisque fibris densissime obtectus. Folia subcaespitosa , sub- 

 membranacea, vix rigidula, linearia, acuta, supra glabra, subtus pilis aiTectiusculis, 

 brevibus in ordines nervisequentes dispositis sparse puberula, cito glabra, toto margine 

 subpersistenter ciliolata, apice barbulata, demum glaberrima, plana, striata, viridia, 

 5 — 7 cm longa, medio circ. 3,5 mm lata. Pedunculi per complures (2 — 7) aggregati, 

 folia plus duplo superantes, compluries (circiter 6-)costati, vix torti, rigiduli, superne 

 levissime puberuli, ceterum glabri ; vaginae quam folia paene dimidio breviores, laxius- 

 culae, striatae, oblique fissae, leviter pubescentes, demum glabrae, lamina brevi, acutius- 

 cula, barbulata instructae; capitula hemisphaerica, mox floribus reflexis subglobosa, 

 albido-villosa, 5 — 7 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes latissime ovatae, vel fere orbicu- 

 lares, imbricatae, obtusae vel saepius breviter apiculatae, coriaceo-membranaceae, oliva- 

 ceo- vel nigro-fuscae, ciliatae; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes latiuscule 

 oblongae, acutae, fuscae, ciliato-pilosae; flores masculi et feminei mixti, subsessiles; 

 pili flaviduli, obtusi, vix clavati, breves, extus sublaeves, intus granulosi; flosQ?: sepala 

 3, oblongo-obovata, acutiuscula, fusca; flos Q: sepala 3, illis floris q 1 similia, paullo 

 latiora, libera; petala 3 libera, oblongo-spathulata, rotundato-obtusa, laxa, ciliata, brun- 

 neolo-hyalina ; germen fere globosum; Stylus fere nullus; Stigmata 3, apice bifida; 

 appendices 3 intra illa et breviores, brunneae, papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; Cachoeira de Caraea (Glaziou n. 15527 ■ — 

 blühend im Juni). 



Nota. Indumentum foliorum insigne. Flores $ numero praeter Q excellent. 



55. P. spathulatus Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 389. — Dupatya spathu- 

 lata 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 746. — Caulis hypogaeus paullo elongatus. Folia 

 caespitosa, pro ratione pauca, e basi semiamplexicauli lanceolato-spathulata, supra medium 

 latissima ( 1 , 3 — 2 cm lata), infra medium angustiora ( 3 / A cm), acuminata, glabra, plana, 

 vix striata, tenuia, 18 — 25 cm longa. Pedunculi numerosissimi, glabri, leviter costulati, 

 vix vel non torti, folia paullo superantes; vaginae arctae, lamina persistenter integra, 

 rigidula instructae, 5 — 6 cm longae; capitula matura globosa, summitate dense albido- 

 villosa, 5 — 6 mm diametro lata; bracteae involucrantes paucae, ovato-lanceolatae, longe 



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